Folded-corner pan or vessel.



J. M. H O'IHERSALL'.

FOLDED 00mm; PAN on VESSEL.-

APPLIOATIOI FILED APR. 20. 1968.

Patented July 13, 1909.

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lTD STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN M. HOTHERSALL, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR TO AMERICAN CAN COMPANY, OF

NEW YORK, N. Y., A CORPORATION OF NEW JERSEY.

FOLDED-CORNER PAN OR VESSEL.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 13, 1909.

Application filed April 2 20, 1908. Serial No. 427,962.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN M. Ho'rnnRsALL, a citizen of'the United States, residii'ig in New York, in the county of New York and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in lioldedCorner Pans or Vessels, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates toimprovements in sheet metal pans or vessels of the kind havihg folded corners;

The object of my invention is to provide a one-piece sheet metal pan or vessel of a strong, simple, eflicient and durable construction, capable of being cheaply manufactured and which "may be made from a single blank Without material waste of stock.

My invention consists in the means herein shown and described and more particularly specified in the claims by which this result or object is accomplished.

In the accompanying drawing, forming a part of this specification, Figure 1 is a lan view of the sheet metal blank from w rich my improved construction of pan is formed; Fig. 2 is a detail view of one corner of the same after it has been partially folded; Fig. 3 is a detail plan View showing one cornor of the finished an or vessel; Fig. 4 is a horizontal section t irough one corner of the pan; Fig. 5 is a side elevation; Fig. 6 is a detail section on line 66 of Fig. 3; Fig. 6 is an enlarged detail section on lines (W -6 of Fig. 5; Fig. 7 is a detail plan view showing one corner of the pan of a modified construction, in which the angle folds are upon the inside instead of upon the outside of the vessel; Fig. 8 is a horizontal section on line 88 of Fig. 7; Fig. 9 is a detail plan View showing the form of blank employed in the construction illustrated inl igs. 7 and 8.

The pan or vessel 1 comprises an integral bottom 2, integral sides 3, integral ends 4,

integral angle corners 5, integral narrow orv acute angle folds 6, 7, integrally uniting the angle corner 5 with the adjacent sides or ends 3, 4, the angle corner 5 being complementary to the inclination or flare of the upright sides and ends 3, 4, and integral marginal false wires or rolls 8 atthe upper edges of the sides 3, ends 4 and angle corner 5. The outwardly turned integral rolls 8 at the upper edges of the sides 3, ends i and angle corners 5 have inclined, curved or mitered ends 11, so that they abut direetl together and form a smooth,continuous r0 1 at the upper end of th pan or vessel. the angle folds 6,v 7 are acute and narrow in width little stock is wasted, or unnecessarily taken up by them; and forthe same reason also-their extreme narrownessfthey afford little or no leverage to unfolding, and consequently produce a very strong and durable construction. The integral roll or false wire 8 embraces or engages the upper ends of-thc angle folds 6, 7, and thus serves to lock or hold'the angle folds securely in position snugly against the sides and ends of the vessel. To further stiffen and strengthen the upper end or edge of the vessel the integral outwardly turned roll or false Wire 8 at the upper edges of the sides, ends and angle corners, may embrace a wire 12.

In the construction illustrated in Figs. 7, 8 and 9, the angle folds 6, 7, which integrally unite the angle corner 5 with the sides and ends 3*, i, are upon the inside instead of outside the vessel, as shown in Figs. 2 to 6, and in this construction the integral roll 8 at the upper edge of the angle corner 5' overlaps the ends of the rolls 8 at the upper edge of the sides and ends 3, 4. And in this modified construction also the angle corner 5* is represented as being rounded or curved, thus giving the vessel as a'whole rounded corners.

I claim:

1. A one-piece sheet metal pan or vessel, comprising an integral bottom, integral sides, integral ends, integral angle corners, integral angle folds uniting each of the angle corners with the adjacent sides and ends, and integrally outwardly turned rolls at the upper edges of said sides, ends and an le corners, embracing and locking the angle folds snugly and securely in position, substantially as specified.

2. A one-piece sheet metal pan or vessel, comprising a bottom, flaring sides and ends and angle corners, acute narrow angle folds uniting eaeh of the angle corners with the adjacent sides and ends, and integral outwardly turned rolls at the upper edges of said sides, ends and angle corners, and enga in the upper ends of the angle folds to 00 them in position, substantially as specified."

3. A one-piece sheet metal pan or vessel, comprising an integral bottom, integral sides, integral ends, integral anglecorners,

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integral angle folds uniting each of the angle and embraced by said rolls at the upper corners with the adjacent sides and ends, 'inedges of the sides, ends and angle corners, tegral outwardly turned rolls at the upper substantially as specified.

edges of said sides, endsand angle corners, JOHN M. HOTHERSALL. embracing and lockingthe anglefolds snugly Witnesses:

and securely in position, and & Sfi fiening Lours C. Trsso'r,

Wire surrounding the upper end of the vessel GEO. F. MILLER. 

